Airship.



L. H. ARRINGER.

AIBSHIP. LPPLIO'ATIOK FILED MAY 29. 190B. v I 965,682, Patented July 261911.0.

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To all'whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LnoNroAs HAMLIN BARR'INGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America', residing at Charleston, 1n the' county of Kanawhaand State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful lmprovenientein Airships, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to airships, and its primary object is to provide adevice of this character which embodies a notel construction designed topermit the direction ot the airship to be varied at will and to cause itto ascend and descend.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an ,airship whichis simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured at acomparatively Alow cost.

llilith the above and other objects in View, 'the invention consists inthe construction,

'combination and arrangement of parts herelnatter fully described,claimed and illusl trated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

liL re 1 is a view inside elevation ot an airship constructed inaccordance with my invention, the ear and ,a ortion of the gas bag andtubular casing being in longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalview taken on a plane extending transversely through the gas bag.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, A .designates the gasbagr and B the car of my improved airship. The gas bag A may `aloe'constructed of canvas, silk or any other material suitable for thepurposeand is preferably elliptical in longitudinal section. The car maybe of any construction, and is suspended from the gas bagr by means ofcables E An open-ended tubular casing' .3 is disposed centrally andlongitudinally 4within the gas bag A to provide an air passage eX- tding centrally and longitudinally therethrough. The casing 3 ispreferably ri rid, and the ends of the gus bag are secure "to the endsthereof in any suitable manner.

A shaft 4: is journaled within the casingi 3 on bracket arms 5 andextends longitudinally thereof. A propeller G is secured to each end ofthe shaft 4f, said propellers being designed when rotated to propel theairship in a manner that should be apparent. The shaft @t is operated torotate the propeller ti uaeahs oi a driving shaft 7 which recette motionfrom a .motor located in the Speciflcaton o.' Letters Patent;Application filed May 29, 1908. Serial No. 435,760.

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car The shat't 7 is connected to the shaft 4 through the medium of gears9, and

is journaledin a casing 10y which is secured to and depends from the'casing 3. The connection-between the casingr 10 and the casing 3 andthe gas bagA is such as to prevent the escape of gas. The motor 8 may beof any appropriate construction, and is connected to the shaft 7 bymeans ot' gears'11. A flexible tubular member 12 is secured to andcommunicates with the casing 3. The member 12 projects rearwardly fromthe gas bag A to provide a rudder by means of which the direction-'ofthe airship can be varied at will. The rudder 12 is constructed of anymateria-l suitable tor the purpose, and is adapted to be operated tovary the direc-- tion ot' the airship by means of tour cables 13. Oneend of each cable 13 is connected at equally spaced points to an annularmetallic reinforcing member 14 which is secured to the end of therudder12, the opposite ends of the cables beingconnected to a suitably`constructed steering device 15 lo cated within the ear B. The cabes 13pass over pulleys 16 which are journ led on an annular member 17 securedin any suitable manner to the gas bagA. The pulleys 16 are equallyspaced on the annular member 17 and alined with the ends of the cablessecured to the memberll, so that a pull on one of the cables 13 willcause the rudder to be either bent upwardly or downwardly. or laterally.lNhen the rudder is bent upwardly, the balloon is caused to ascend, whendownwardly to descend, and when laterally to change its horizontaldirection.

When the rudder 12 is in normal position,l the airshipavill Jtravel in ahorizontal direction. K Y

Longitudinally extending partitions ,18'

haveV their edges secured to the casing,r 3 and to the gas bag A, saidpartitions dividing -the gas bag into a plurality of non-co1nmuuicatingcompartments. 4As `the gas bag comprises a plurality ofnon-communieatingr gas compartments, all ot the compartments must bepunctured before the liras bag can become completely deflated. Thepartitions 18 not only divide ,the as bag into a plurality ofnon-cornmunicatmgr gas compartments but also retain the casing 3 in thecenter of the gas bag when the gas harrisv inflated. l

From the foregoing description taken in connection with theaccompanyi'np; drawing,

tlie construction and mode of operation of the invention should beunderstood Without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the claim Without departing from thespiritor sacrificingv any of the advantages of the invention.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

A11 airsliip comprising an elliptical gas bag, an open ended casingdisposed Within the gas bag toprevide an air passage eX- tendingcentrally and longitudinally therethrough, one end of the easing,-pro'ecting beyond one end of the gas bag to orm a

